Rumble in the Southwest witpqs-A vs Andav-J 2011-11-29 to 2017-02-08

[witpqs]

The two-year mark!

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1943 December 07

The Empire captured:


The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious operations at:


There were Allied amphibious operations at:


Our subs got two xAK and a PB.

The same as usual in China, only more deadly.

The Avengers flew against ships at Rangoon twice but were shut out. The Beaufighters did manage a torpedo hit on an xAK.

The attack near Toungoo appeared to make progress, but was costly.

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Ground combat at 56,51 (near Toungoo)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 120647 troops, 1909 guns, 2794 vehicles, Assault Value = 3127

Defending force 48061 troops, 417 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1189

Allied adjusted assault: 1276

Japanese adjusted defense: 1861

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1385 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 168 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 28 (1 destroyed, 27 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
3463 casualties reported
Squads: 221 destroyed, 99 disabled
Non Combat: 63 destroyed, 52 disabled
Engineers: 49 destroyed, 74 disabled
Guns lost 114 (66 destroyed, 48 disabled)
Vehicles lost 370 (175 destroyed, 195 disabled)

Assaulting units:
50th Tank Brigade
192nd Tank Battalion
75th Indian Brigade
Provisionl Tank Brigade
19th Indian Division
14th Indian Division
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
7th Indian Division
22nd (East African) Brigade
Gardner's Horse Regiment
20th Indian Division
29th British Brigade
2nd British Division
Rifles of Canada Battalion
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
150th RAC Regiment
23rd Indian Division
255th Armoured Brigade
268th Motorised Brigade
13th Indian Brigade
1st Garrison Brigade
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
4th Marine Division
26th Indian Brigade
17th Indian Division
27th Indian Field Artillery Battalion
48th Light AA Regiment
78th Light AA Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
2/1st Med Regiment
IV Indian Corps
2/9th Field Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
53rd Division
14th Division
40th Inf Group Brigade
29th Division
77th Infantry Regiment
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
44th Field AA Battalion


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Our force currently has 2,582 AV and a whole lotta disruption, most especially among the tank units. Many units have been placed in reserve to speed recovery so we can attack again as soon as possible. The B-24J groups did not fly, which probably made some difference. In fact, none of the air strikes flew, so weather in the target hex must have been awful.

Allied bombardments in the Pacific.

Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Yap
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan

CVE Prince William has finished repairs at Manus and is heading to the Marianas.

Here is the situation in Burma and the mountains of China, largely the same as it has been.

[witpqs]

1943 December 08

The Empire captured:


The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious operations at:


There were Allied amphibious operations at:


Our subs struck out.

The same in China.

Our troops SW of Toungoo are recovering well, but they certainly need more time. The bombers flew against the enemy troops, only a day late. One Avenger was damaged attacking the few ships at Rangoon but nothing came of it.

Allied bombardments in the Pacific.

Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Yap
Allied Ships Bombarding Tinian
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Tinian

It looks like both convoys will be within two hexes of Guam tomorrow, so they can unload the day after and attack the day following that. Rota airfield has maxed out at size 6, attention now turns to the port (which is still size 1). The increase in size will allow two USMC biplane dive bomber squadrons to join the assault. Yes, I do try to use up airframes!

Here is a look at the lonely reaches. Perhaps we can convince the Soviets to stage a border incident.

[princep01]

The above picture should be labelled The Backside of Nowhere, unless you happened to live there, then it would just be, Home. But, there seems to be no place the notorious admiral does not find "of strategic important". Admiral Wa to senior aide, "Let's see what is here. Oh, GOATS! WONDERFUL!"

[witpqs]

1943 December 09

The Empire captured:


The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious operations at:


There were Allied amphibious operations at:


Our subs got a tanker.

The usual in China, with destroyed squads at Chungking showing up in severals instead of one-sies and two-sies.

They finally got one!

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 54,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 3
P-40K Warhawk x 10
TBF-1 Avenger x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Kazan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.



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Another B-24 group was just put ashore at Bombay. In several days when their aircraft are ready they will join the gang. The troops SW of Toungoo are doing well recovery-wise, with the highest disruption at 14 and somewhat more than half in single-digits. There are now 8 enemy units opposing them, while during the last attack there were 7 and one was destroyed. There is also a unit on the road to their south, and the troop count is down in the battle hex, although that last might be due to recon difficulties. I'm not sure what to make of this Intel because there were no prior indications of troop movements. The attack is on for tomorrow - we'll see what we get!

The A-20 group is ordered to switch its attention to that unidentified unit on the road in the hope of keeping it from joining the battle.

Allied bombardments in the Pacific.

Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Yap
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan

The remaining three divisions are ordered to go ashore tomorrow, and all forces will attack the following day.

Here is a look at Burma.

[witpqs]

1943 December 10

The Empire captured:


The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious operations at:


There were Allied amphibious operations at:
Guam

Our subs got an xAK.

The same in China. Our Bde retreating to Urumchi was attacked and weakened but did hold.

The attack near Toungoo was bloody as expected. The additional enemy unit on the way is a Rgt and was delayed by our air strike. All the B-24 groups will join in hitting it tomorrow, while it is in the open, in the hopes of damaging it badly.

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Ground combat at 56,51 (near Toungoo)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 117520 troops, 1862 guns, 2690 vehicles, Assault Value = 2782

Defending force 46929 troops, 416 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1078

Allied adjusted assault: 1303

Japanese adjusted defense: 1845

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2128 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 211 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
4651 casualties reported
Squads: 208 destroyed, 151 disabled
Non Combat: 92 destroyed, 71 disabled
Engineers: 37 destroyed, 57 disabled
Guns lost 127 (46 destroyed, 81 disabled)
Vehicles lost 316 (187 destroyed, 129 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
13th Indian Brigade
14th Indian Division
19th Indian Division
22nd (East African) Brigade
2nd British Division
1st Garrison Brigade
Gardner's Horse Regiment
268th Motorised Brigade
7th Indian Division
Provisionl Tank Brigade
192nd Tank Battalion
4th Marine Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
50th Tank Brigade
20th Indian Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
255th Armoured Brigade
150th RAC Regiment
75th Indian Brigade
Rifles of Canada Battalion
26th Indian Brigade
29th British Brigade
23rd Indian Division
17th Indian Division
IV Indian Corps
27th Indian Field Artillery Battalion
2/11th Field Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
48th Light AA Regiment
78th Light AA Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment
2/1st Med Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
29th Division
40th Inf Group Brigade
77th Infantry Regiment
14th Division
53rd/B Division
53rd/A Division
53rd/C Division
55th Mountain Gun Regiment


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A number of units have been put in reserve to recover more quickly.

At Cape Town, BC Repulse has only a few points of system damage left to repair and so is moving pier side. Her exiting the shipyard has changed the repair estimate on BB Prince of Wales from 265 days to 170 days.

Allied bombardments in the Pacific.

Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Allied Ships Bombarding Yap
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam

The troops unloaded entirely at Guam.

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Ground combat at Guam (106,95)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16906 troops, 208 guns, 105 vehicles, Assault Value = 515

Defending force 78685 troops, 1275 guns, 1393 vehicles, Assault Value = 2457

Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 20 (17 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Assaulting units:
12th Division
Det. 3rd Special Base Force
19th Army
4th Base Force
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
59th Field AA Battalion
13th Air Flotilla
15th Base Force
65th Field AA Battalion
13th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Special Base Force

Defending units:
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
4th USMC Tank Battalion
7th Infantry Division
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
1st Marine Division
3rd Marine Division
33rd Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
762nd Tank Battalion
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
249th Field Artillery Battalion
XI US Corps
225th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Pioneer Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
33rd Medium Regiment


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The attack is on for tomorrow.

Anticipating the attack in Burma, the Empire flew heavy cover over its forces.

[witpqs]

1943 December 11

The Empire captured:


The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious operations at:


There were Allied amphibious operations at:


Our subs got an xAK.

The retreating Bde made Urumchi and has taken up position beside the Bde already in place and in front of the base force that preceded it. The beatings from the air at Chunking and in the mountains continued. In fact Chungking, which was somewhat recently at 6,500 AV is now at 4,800 AV. Our P-47s slightly outfought the sweeping Georges even with the disadvantage of being on defense.

Over Burma the reverse was true as we had competing sweeps. Imperial Franks swept some of our CAP but for what purpose is unclear. Meanwhile our best fighters made certain that the skies were clear over the IJA 56th Infantry Regiment so that our bombers could inflict several hundred casualties. Even better, they will get another chance tomorrow as the Rgt is still on the road in clear terrain.


The Allied bombardment report.

Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Yap
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam

The attack at Guam went well, and taking the island will be with cost.

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Ground combat at Guam (106,95)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 76065 troops, 1275 guns, 1382 vehicles, Assault Value = 2454

Defending force 24863 troops, 283 guns, 173 vehicles, Assault Value = 504

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6

Allied adjusted assault: 3715

Japanese adjusted defense: 2061

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 6)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 6

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1781 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 68 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 43 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 53 (5 destroyed, 48 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
894 casualties reported
Squads: 83 destroyed, 90 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 27 (14 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 109 (69 destroyed, 40 disabled)

Assaulting units:
4th USMC Tank Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
7th Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
3rd Marine Division
763rd Tank Battalion
1st Marine Division
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
2nd Pioneer Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
225th Field Artillery Battalion
XI US Corps
33rd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
12th Division
Det. 3rd Special Base Force
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
65th Field AA Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Base Force
59th Field AA Battalion
13th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
19th Army
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
13th Air Flotilla
15th Base Force
25th Special Base Force


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The Allied performance looks like what I have come to regard as a typical first attack with full preparation and good HQ support, plus the benefit of the lowest disruption and fatigue. Subsequent attacks are unlikely to benefit from those same last two factors and so might be less robust. Three divisions have disruption in the 30s and one in the 20s. Those four have been put in reserve to recover faster, as have some of the tank units. Probably two days rest are required to get the force down to mostly low teens disruption. The attack used about 8 to 10 thousand tons of supply. It looks like we are going to make good use of all the forces and all the supply we brought.

The IJ performance was most impressive, especially with a disruption penalty. The air and naval bombardments will be continued to keep them suppressed as much as possible.

Today's air losses.

[princep01]

I am watching the Guam assault with great interest. Also. it seems your subs are really starting to gain momentum. Nice to see those torpedoes exploding more frequently, no? How is Wa's anti-sub work doing. Have you noticed any marked increase in his ability to damage and sink subs yet?

[witpqs]

His ASW is OK. I have noticed some increase, but overall my subs have wide patrol zones to keep DL down. In the shallows of the DEI, near the SE corner of Borneo, and north/east of Singapore is where they tend to get hit the most. I have a suspicion that the Empire is moving as much stock as possible through Indochina -> China, etc.

I don't think he's a fanatic about air ASW the way some IJ players are. I'm sure he's using it, but some players seem to make it among their highest priorities.

[princep01]

I don't have a breakdown of it at hand, but I know the US lost 52 subs to all causes during the war. I believe a majority of them were lost to A/C. Assuming the game models that, I would be prone to place an emphasis on air ASW if I played the IJ. I think (only from what I read) that those IJ E class ASW units are very effective, but I do not know when they start showing up in their most effective mode.

[witpqs]

Well, in Babes all surface vessel ASW was calibrated, and the IJN E class was reconfigured to bring it in harmony with the game's combat algorithms so as to give it its historical capabilities.

I had an opponent who was a fanatic about air ASW, in a stock scenario 1 game a few years ago, and by October '43 it got to the point that Allied subs would be killed just passing within a few hexes of an active IJ base. IMO it can go beyond historical capabilities, which I've commented about in some relevant threads. It probably involves things that really are not going to get tinkered with at this point.

Next turn I'll check to see how many subs I've lost, but I think the USN at least is doing much better than IRL as far as sub losses. I do wonder about the remainder of the game as the subs get channeled into smaller and smaller areas.

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: witpqs
I had an opponent who was a fanatic about air ASW, in a stock scenario 1 game a few years ago, and by October '43 it got to the point that Allied subs would be killed just passing within a few hexes of an active IJ base.

Sounds like my game. [:(] I think I lost about 150 subs or something close to that. I would say about 80% of those to ASW air.

[witpqs]

IIRC in that month when I finally decided to pull back the sub fleet and save them for other operations, there were 10 lost in a month. So if I had kept them on forward patrols, maybe the rate would have been 120 per year from then on!

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

IIRC in that month when I finally decided to pull back the sub fleet and save them for other operations, there were 10 lost in a month. So if I had kept them on forward patrols, maybe the rate would have been 120 per year from then on!

Sadly I realized this too late. I also should have realized a lot earlier too that subs shoot at the escort 80% of the time and sinking PBs won´t win the war. [:D] Will certainly use my sub fleet completely differently in my next game if my opponent pays any attention.

EDIT: Just checked tracker. 187 Allied subs sunk. If my 80% estimate is correct 150 subs have been sunk by ASW air. And that is not taking into account the hundreds of subs that have "only" been damaged by ASW air and forced to RTB.

I sure wish this could be looked into as the super Es was. Personally I think much of the problem lies in the ease which subs are spotted.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: princep01

I don't have a breakdown of it at hand, but I know the US lost 52 subs to all causes during the war. I believe a majority of them were lost to A/C. Assuming the game models that, I would be prone to place an emphasis on air ASW if I played the IJ. I think (only from what I read) that those IJ E class ASW units are very effective, but I do not know when they start showing up in their most effective mode.

only a very small minority was lost to aircraft

[witpqs]

1943 December 12

The Empire captured:


The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious operations at:


There were Allied amphibious operations at:


Our subs got an xAK.

Same over China, but it looked like fewer squads were killed at Chungking. In the skies over the mountains, Imperial sweeps cost us a few fighters but the squadrons blew through the escort of a Helen raid and got 8 bombers in total.

The IJA Bde in the open was hit by some Allied bombers, but the B-24s did not fly. The Bde is still there in the open, so another shot tomorrow. Our troops in the battle hex are almost ready to attack, one more day then it's on again.

Allied bombardments in the Pacific.

Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Yap
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam

Babeldaob port has maxed out (size 5). CV Intrepid has arrived! Intrepid and CVL Langley are heading for Pearl Harbor from the Panama Canal.

Here are the armor and infantry troops at Guam (others omitted for space). They are in surprisingly good shape for only one day of rest, which I attribute to the great mountains of supply scattered along the invasion beaches. They will attack tomorrow, hopefully shortcutting some of the enemy troops' recovery. About 3,000 supply were used at Guam today.

[witpqs]

Here is the air support at Rota. The A-20G group just flew in and will attack for the first time tomorrow.

[princep01]

Looking at the numbers, Troy is correct. Only 11 of the 52 were sunk by AC and most of those were in combination with surface forces. Another 5-6 were unknown cause losses Interestingly, one of the 11 attributed at least in part to AC was a friend air kill. Upps!

[witpqs]

Oops, forgot to look at the subs. I've lost only 8 so far, only 3 USN. [:)]

[princep01]

Only 8 at the end of 1943! That is low in my experience. Well done.

I am a full year behind your game (thru 12/9/42) and have already lost eight boats, 3 fleet subs, 2 S-boats and 3 Dutch subs. Two were vics of IJN subs. Four have been DC victims trying to get at targets in IJ base hexes and 2 have been CV AC victims. My opponent has not used land based air that much in an ASW mode.

[witpqs]

1943 December 13

The Empire captured:
Kashgar

The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious operations at:


There were Allied amphibious operations at:


Our subs got an xAK.

Something like 17 or 18 combat squads plus others and many more disabled at Chungking from air attacks, now 4,686 AV. Kashgar was occupied as the local population sensed the political winds in the region.

In retaliation that Bde moving toward the battle hex near Toungoo was hit hard several times, and is still on the road. The A-20G group will hit it again tomorrow, but the B-24 groups are shifting to the battle hex as the next attack is ordered for tomorrow. Toungoo itself has finally made size 9 airfield. Chittagong is proving incapable of feeding very many LST ferrying supply to Ramree Island. I am re-basing two LST convoys so that only one LST convoy of 6x LST plus escorts will load at Chittagong. Maybe after supply level recovers the port can support two such convoys.

Allied bombardments in the Pacific.

Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Allied Ships Bombarding Saipan
Allied Ships Bombarding Yap
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam
Allied Ships Bombarding Guam

A few days ago naval search found an E and an AE at Iwo Jima. Two destroyers were dispatched on what was hoped to be a low visibility raid. The following day two more destroyers were dispatched to Daito Shoto. The two sent to Iwo Jima seemed to hang back on the last day, despite 'direct' and 'absolute' orders, but they were spotted. At the same time (yesterday) those IJN ships were seen a few hexes NE of Iwo Jima and a convoy was seen at Iwo Jima. Both destroyer groups were ordered to full speed and their orders changed to try and intercept. One group did.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iwo-jima at 108,77, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
E W-11, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Ayatosan Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
xAK Aratama Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
xAK Anyo Maru, Shell hits 27, and is sunk
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Shell hits 21, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Kinai Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Goyo Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires

Allied Ships
DD Bell, Shell hits 2
DD Wickes

Improved night sighting under 96% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 96% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
Range closes to 23,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
Japanese ships attempt to get underway
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
DD Wickes engages E W-11 at 8,000 yards
xAK Kinai Maru sunk by DD Bell at 8,000 yards
DD Wickes engages xAK Anyo Maru at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
DD Bell engages E W-11 at 7,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAK Kinugasa Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Wickes engages xAK Anyo Maru at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
DD Wickes engages xAK Kinugasa Maru at 6,000 yards
DD Wickes engages xAK Anyo Maru at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
DD Wickes engages E W-11 at 4,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAK Kinugasa Maru at 4,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAK Aratama Maru at 4,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAK Ayatosan Maru at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
DD Wickes engages E W-11 at 2,000 yards
DD Bell engages E W-11 at 2,000 yards
xAK Kinugasa Maru sunk by DD Wickes at 2,000 yards
DD Wickes engages xAK Anyo Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAK Aratama Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAK Ayatosan Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Wickes engages E W-11 at 2,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAK Goyo Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Wickes engages xAK Anyo Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAK Aratama Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Wickes engages E W-11 at 2,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAK Goyo Maru at 2,000 yards
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...


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All four destroyers could stand some minor repair work (readily available at Truk) but it was worth it.

At Guam the attack went well. The troops are in better shape disruption and fatigue-wise than after the first attack, but still one armored unit and five of the infantry divisions have been stood down to recover. The attack again used about 10,000 tons of supply. 83,961 total supply present (I'll try to make an entry here each turn to more easily track usage). AN amphib TF is now offshore with 32,849 supply and will begin unloading tomorrow. Two more amphibious TF will begin loading supply at Truk and transit ASAP to keep the attack cycle going. The number of enemy troops spotted on Guam is down to 11,820 after today's attack.

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Ground combat at Guam (106,95)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 74627 troops, 1253 guns, 1326 vehicles, Assault Value = 2277

Defending force 23508 troops, 279 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 413

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Allied adjusted assault: 3112

Japanese adjusted defense: 2331

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1544 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 67 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 38 (3 destroyed, 35 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (2 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2272 casualties reported
Squads: 96 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 45 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 41 (23 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 157 (89 destroyed, 68 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
3rd Marine Division
24th Infantry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
1st Marine Division
33rd Infantry Division
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
4th USMC Tank Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
7th Infantry Division
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
249th Field Artillery Battalion
XI US Corps
2nd Pioneer Battalion
225th Field Artillery Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
33rd Medium Regiment

Defending units:
12th Division
Det. 3rd Special Base Force
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
59th Field AA Battalion
65th Field AA Battalion
15th Base Force
13th Air Flotilla
13th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
19th Army
25th Special Base Force


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Rota has made size 2 port, 1 more to go at 11% already.

Here is a look at recent LCU VPs from Tracker to give you an idea of what is happening with the air attacks on Chungking. Obviously the action at Guam has to be factored out, but you can see the effect.